Soft surfaces such as bookshelves, couches, and carpeting will help prevent sound reflection keeping the sounds in the parts of the room where they are supposed to be. There are several other things to look out for when picking out your ideal sound system. Most of these things will be a matter of weighing your budget against the perks of a better setup.
By and large, a 7. It has more components and is capable of a richer sound experience. That said, there are different factors that will impact how expensive your system will be. Receiver : In order to run your sound system, you will need a receiver to convert line-level signals from your TV into speaker-level signals for your speakers. Many 5. Although not as ideal as getting a coherent 7. Wires : Another factor you may want to consider is how you intend to hook up your sound system.
Most systems come with wireless capability, making setting up speakers around the room less of a tangle. However, what you gain in convenience you lose in sound quality. Direct wired signals will always be higher quality than what you can get from a wireless connection. Ultimately, you will need to decide whether the tangle of wires that you will likely have to purchase separately is worth it.
Calibration : There are many systems on the market that provide their own internal calibration. These systems optimize your sound by sending test tones from each speaker to a microphone you set up in the primary listening area of your room.
These systems are more expensive and are more common with 7. One of the deciding factors between whether to get a 5. Of course, you get what you pay for, so these systems may not be sufficient for your needs. Top of the line 5. This system will promise high definition, theater-quality sound and come with the receiver included. For a good 7. Appreciate it. Blankman said:. Last edited: Nov 26, It is in the decoding that you decode whether the audio is to be decoded as is, or 'downgraded' from one format to another.
As long as the decoding is done properly, you will have no loss of data whether you are using a 5. So the way i understand it, even if you turn off the rear speakers in the player's set-up configuration, it will still output lossless audio. Thank you! That clears it up Post reply.
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If you have bought a 7. You can connect 5. To maximize the home theater experience, you should have a total of seven speakers. The rest of this article explains how you can make the most of your home theater. It discusses topics like using 5. Check out my 2. To make things simpler, you must understand that 5. This feature runs a traditional 5. However, instead of bi-amping the front speakers or adding two surround channels behind the listening position, use the two extra channels to power speakers in another location if you don't mind a set of long speaker wires.
Also, if you like the idea of running a powered second zone, but want a 7. However, you can't do both at the same time. In other words, if you turn on the second zone while using the main zone, the main zone automatically defaults to 5. In many cases, you can listen to and watch DVDs in 5.
This setup doesn't require a separate CD player and receiver in the other room, only the speakers. Also, many 7. Sophisticated surround sound processing options have become available, such as DTS Neo:X , which expand the number of channels reproduced or extracted from the source content. Because of this, manufacturers are increasing the number of channels included in a home theater receiver chassis. When moving into the high-end home theater receiver arena, more receivers offer 9.
However, as with 7. Both 9 and 11 channel receivers can be used to set up nine or 11 speakers plus one or two subwoofers in your home theater room. A 9 or 11 channel receiver can also provide flexibility in terms of assigning two of the channels to bi-amp the front speakers.
It can also use two or four channels to create second and third zone two-channel systems that are powered and controlled by the main receiver. This can leave you with 5. As of , the introduction of Dolby Atmos for home theater put another twist on channel and speaker configuration options for some home theater receivers. This surround sound format incorporates dedicated vertical channels, resulting in several new speaker configuration options that include: 5.
The first number is the number of horizontal channels, the second number is the subwoofer, and the third is the number of vertical channels. Another surround sound format available on high-end home theater receivers that requires 9.
At a minimum, this surround sound format requires two layers of speakers. The first layer can be a traditional 5. The second layer, positioned above the first layer, requires two front and two rear speakers. Then, to top it off, if possible, one additional ceiling-mounted speaker placed above the primary seating area. This brings the total number of channels up to To make things more complicated although it does provide more choices , there was the introduction in of the DTS:X immersive surround sound format not to be confused with DTS Neo:X.
This format doesn't require a specific speaker layout.
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